Geographer who measured elevation at sites in western N.C., 1856~1860, including Hominy Creek Gap near here & Mt. Guyot, 25 mi. N.W. — — Map (db m198719) HM
The Colonial Theater building constructed
in 1932 at a cost of $50,000,
was built specifically as a motion picture theatre.
The original owner, Marion Sprinkle
is still remembered by the letter “S”
that can be seen on the top side of each . . . — — Map (db m229431) HM
Nestled in the valley below is the Cradle of Forestry in America, the birthplace of science-based forest management and a living legacy made possible by George and Edith Vanderbilt of the nearby Biltmore Estate. Some 87,000 acres of the Vanderbilt's . . . — — Map (db m123232) HM
This Monument is Dedicated to the Men and Women of Haywood County who served during World War II and to those who gave their lives in defense of our country.
A nearby stone marker lists local World War II Congressional Medal of Honor . . . — — Map (db m19948) HM
Founded 1868. Oldest
Universalist church in
western N.C. Hannah J.
Powell led mission work
and school, 1921-42, at
site 100 yards south. — — Map (db m229442) HM
This 1807 farm is the
oldest continually operated
farm in Haywood County.
Ancestors of today's Devon
cattle arrived in this
country in the mid-1620s.
Descendants have been at
this farm since 1849.
Original owners, Colonel
Thomas Lenoir and . . . — — Map (db m229441) HM
The first Locust Old Fields Baptist Church was established here in 1803. It was among the first churches established west of Asheville. Although the original building no longer stands, it served the small community here for many years as a house of . . . — — Map (db m75504) HM
This tree has witnessed several centuries of history, provided shade for nearby early Native American settlements, edged the trail of the Rutherford Trace march against the Cherokee, and served as a boundary marker before Haywood County was . . . — — Map (db m234881) HM
The original purpose for this building was to house the local Canton Library. Constructed in 1954 with the funds of the Champion Paper Foundation, the brick structure was dedicated the same year.
William B. Umstead, North Carolina's then . . . — — Map (db m234882) HM
This Pratt through-truss bridge, known as
Truss Bridge #79, was fabricated by the Phoenix
Bridge Co. in 1891 and was originally erected
about a mile downstream. When replaced with a
larger bridge in the 1920s, the old iron bridge
was relocated . . . — — Map (db m229447) HM
“Filmore” was known as the
Pigeon River Inventor and lived
just 100 yards east of here. →
He was one of N.C.'s most prolific
inventors and was reported to have
100 or more patents for his inventions,
including several merchant's . . . — — Map (db m229432) HM
Today houses, cabins, barns, and churches still stand in Cataloochee, the largest community affected by the 1930s creation of the national park. Many signs of the more than 1,200 people who lived here during Cataloochee's heyday have disappeared, . . . — — Map (db m230812) HM
The valley before you was given its name by its original inhabitants, the Cherokee. Meaning "standing tall;" the word Cataloochee was likely a reference to the many ridges that surround this remote place. Because of its rich soil, prior to the . . . — — Map (db m230815) HM
This building is the last of three
located on this site where
students attended Clyde High School
during 48 years of existence. — — Map (db m187519) HM
In Memory of the members of the armed forces from Clyde Town-ship who gave their lives for their country.
Erected by the Town of Clyde, its citizens, and the Chamber of Commerce.
World War I
PFC. Melvin Rhinehart
World War II
CPL . . . — — Map (db m19392) WM
Home of Jacob Shook and Preaching place of Francis Asbury, pioneer bishop of American Methodism. "After crossing other streams, and losing ourselves in the woods, we came in about 9 o'clock at night to Vater Shuck's. What an awful day!"
Asbury's . . . — — Map (db m33716) HM
Named in honor of R. Gerry Browning, 1884 – 1966. Location and Claims Engineer and Parkway Consultant for North Carolina State Highway Commission, 1925 – 1964. His forceful presentation of the high quality scenery found in North . . . — — Map (db m58935) HM
Revolutionary officer, member Congress, 1817-23, where, in "talking for Buncombe" (County), he gave new meaning to the word. Home was ½ mi. N. — — Map (db m11786) HM
Junaluska was a peace-loving Chief in Western North
Carolina. When Lake Junaluska was established, the name selected was that of the mountain keeping vigil over the lake-Junaluska Mountain - Honoring the chief. Chief Junaluska, member of the famous . . . — — Map (db m17347) HM
On February 1, 1865, Col. George Kirk, 2nd North Carolina Mounted Infantry (U.S.), left Newport, Tennessee, with 400 cavalry and 200 infantry for a raid into Haywood County. He passed through the mountains at Mount Sterling, following the . . . — — Map (db m12895) HM
Before you lies the massive Plott Balsam Range. On one of its eastern slopes Henry Plott, a German immigrant’s son, made his home in the early 1800’s. In this game-filled frontier, hunting dogs were a prized possesion. Here Henry Plott and his . . . — — Map (db m99023) HM
Soco Gap, initial point
of U.S. survey, 1876,
of Cherokee Reservation,
created through earlier
efforts of W. H. Thomas,
White Cherokee Chief. — — Map (db m12781) HM
Family gatherings, revivals and assemblies are rooted deeply in the culture of Appalachia. The beauty of the mountains continues to attract group meetings today. The Masons, the world’s oldest and largest fraternal organization, hold their North . . . — — Map (db m127237) HM
In 1898 George Thomas McAulay Sr. and his brother William Aulay McAulay began a general mercantile business that would last until their deaths in 1943. Their original wooden store building was replaced by this brick building structure in 1909. — — Map (db m37184) HM
The Cherokee domain once extended far beyond the distant mountains, but the white man, with broken treaties and fruitless promises, brought trouble to the Indians and caused their banishment to an Oklahoma reservation. A few escaped capture and fled . . . — — Map (db m99019) HM
Francis Asbury, first elected Bishop of Methodism in the U.S.; rode on horseback over 275,000 miles over pioneer trails averaging one sermon a day. From New England to Charleston, S.C. More than 60 times he crossed the Appalachians. Once following . . . — — Map (db m90574) HM
Until it was demolished in 1899, the Battle House, a stagecoach house and inn, stood just to your left.
There, on May 7, 1865, a proposed Union surrender was transformed into a Confederate capitulation.
After Col. William C. Bartlett's 2nd N.C. . . . — — Map (db m12892) HM
Notice the valleys and ridges that stretch before you. Cherokees named this area Ga-da-lu-tsi, meaning "standing up in ranks," referring to the seemingly endless stands of timber that lined the ridges. Settlers later corrupted the word to . . . — — Map (db m169008) HM
Herein are mementoes from the people of the year A.D. 1976 to the people of the year A.D. 2076. Sealed during our Bicentennial Celebration July 4, 1976 Erected by the Waynesville Rotary Club — — Map (db m163899) HM
Korean War
June 25 1950
July 27 1953
Cogdill, Kenneth C. • Conard, Lester • Green, Grover G. • Hollifield, James R. • Messer, Rayford K. • Saunders, James • Hannah, Jack L. • Welch, William C., Jr. • Brown, Charles • Rhinehart, Billy C. • . . . — — Map (db m187449) WM
Erected to he memory of
the Revolutionary soldiers
buried in Haywood County
Colonel Robert Love • Captain John Henry • Private Thomas Abel • Private William Allen • Private George Hall • Private Edward Hyatt • Private Christian Messer • . . . — — Map (db m187454) WM
[Front]
In honor of all veterans
who served in
the armed forces of
the United States
of America
Dedicated Veterans Day
November 11, 1991
[Side]
Designed by
Blake C. Morrison
Aviation artist
Nellis . . . — — Map (db m187462) WM
1959 Vietnam 1975
Dedicated
to the
honored memory
of Haywood County's sons
who sacrificed their lives
in
the Republic of
South Viet Nam
1LT David Chappel Brown USAF • LCPL Stephen Michael Bryson USMC • SGT Michael Frank . . . — — Map (db m187452) WM
Gen. James G. Martin, surrendered the army of Western North Carolina, the last Confederate force in the state, in Waynesville, May 6, 1865. — — Map (db m11737) HM
What do a Civil War veteran, High Sheriff, Navajo Indian Superintendent,
Extension Agent and craft museum have in common – Shelton House. In
1875 Stephen Jehu Shelton, Civil War veteran and High Sheriff of
Haywood County, and Mahala Conley . . . — — Map (db m229456) HM
The United Daughters of the Confederacy in cooperation with the United States Forest Service planted this 125 acre forest as a living memorial to the 125,000 soldiers North Carolina provided the Confederacy. The 125,000 Red Spruce tree forest was . . . — — Map (db m123435) WM
Waynesville has a rich musical heritage. Today we enjoy old time music in the string bands, fiddle tunes and ballads played and sung at our street dances and many folk festivals.
The artist created this sculpture from recycled industrial . . . — — Map (db m75488) HM
This spring provided water
for people and horses that
traveled over Waynesville
Mountain between Bethel
and Waynesville in the 1800s
and early 1900s. Families
would have picnics and
reunions here. The
Community Club of
Waynesville, in . . . — — Map (db m229451) HM
In 1776, Revolutionary War General Griffith Rutherford led 2,400 men through the gap below and to your left. During the war's early phases the Cherokee, with British support, repeatedly attacked the frontier settlements. Rutherford's expedition was . . . — — Map (db m123300) HM
Model logging village
established in 1905.
Supplied lumber to WWI
effort & Champion paper
mill. Flooded by Lake
Logan, 1932. Was here. — — Map (db m229445) HM
Col. William Holland Thomas (February 5, 1805-May 10, 1893) is among the Confederate officers and soldiers buried here in Greenhill Cemetery. His grave is located about thirty yards in front of you on the right.
Thomas, who began trading with . . . — — Map (db m75487) HM
Founded 1865 by Capt. John Turpin, CSA (NC)-POW
Non-denominational until 1885. Became Turpin's
Chapel MEC (South) 1885. Name changed to Maple
Grove MEC (South) 1912. Became Maple Grove Methodist Church 1949 and Maple Grove United Methodist Church . . . — — Map (db m19734) HM
Col. William C. Bartlett’s 2nd N.C. Mounted Infantry (U.S.) occupied Waynesville early in May 1865. The Federals raided the surrounding countryside, relieving civilians of their horses and provisions.
On May 6, a company of Confederate Col. . . . — — Map (db m75490) HM
(Top)
Windover
James Harden and Pearl Howell House
1910
Waynesville Historic Landmark
(Bottom)
Windover
Established 1910
has been listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United . . . — — Map (db m229599) HM
The Army National Guard predates the founding of our nation by almost one hundred fifty years. It is the oldest component of our armed forces. Today's National Guard is the direct descendent of the militias of the thirteen original colonies. The . . . — — Map (db m52989) HM
Hiram S. and Miles Bradford inaugurated this landing in 1824. Together with Brownsville Landing, 10 miles upriver, it was a river terminal for the first settlers and commerce in this area. Hiram Bradford established the first cotton gin and store in . . . — — Map (db m53034) HM
Col. Richard Nixon, veteran of the New Orleans campaign, War of 1812 , settled four miles east of here in 1821. First county court met in his house. Brownsville became the county seat in 1823 and the first courthouse was built of logs in 1824. — — Map (db m53001) HM
Brownsville Public School A grammar school built in the late 1800s stood here. This was the Brownsville Public School with grades 1-8. Circa 1910 grades 9-12 were added. When Haywood County started a high school, B.P.S. discontinued high school . . . — — Map (db m194160) HM
The church bell first rang over 100 years ago to summon the newly freed slaves to worship in the framed church that had been built to replace the brush arbor. The brush arbor had sheltered the newly organized Woodlawn Missionary Baptist Church since . . . — — Map (db m200703) HM
Brownsville Baptist Female College
Established 1850
Haywood County High School
1911-1970
National Register of Historic Places 1979 — — Map (db m194152) HM
Dunbar, the first permanent school for persons of African descent in Brownsville, was built in the late 1860s with money raised by the black community. John Gloster was principal from 1886 to 1915. Many early graduates studied at Roger Williams . . . — — Map (db m53003) HM
Elbert Williams, an African American Haywood County native, was one of the early members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) killed in the United States for his civil rights work. He and his wife Annie became . . . — — Map (db m148798) HM
Brownsville's oldest mercantile business was established at this location in 1849. Known at one time as Felsenthal Bros. and Sons, later to become Felsenthal's Dept. Store, it was destroyed by fire in 1980. — — Map (db m194122) HM
Before President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, black men were forbidden to serve as U.S. soldiers. Eventually, more than 200,000 African Americans enlisted in U.S. Colored Troops regiments during the last . . . — — Map (db m194093) HM
When Hiram Bradford settled in Brownsville, 1824, he found Reuben Alphin preaching here. Methodists built the first church in Brownsville in 1832, west of the square. A second was built on the present site in 1848, and in 1869 a third, which burned. . . . — — Map (db m194113) HM
Built on one acre of land given by Benjamin Flagg in 1889, this one-room African American schoolhouse began as a Subscription School offereing education for grades 1-8 until the mid-1960s. Moved from its original location lear the small farming . . . — — Map (db m175083) HM
Born May 9, 1775, Bucks County, PA. Appointed Brig. Gen. U.S. Army July 19, 1813. Distinguished himself in War of 1812 at Ogdensburg, Sackett's Harbor, Was severely wounded at Niagara. Senior officer of U.S. Army at war's end. First commissioners . . . — — Map (db m52987) HM
Dr. James E. Hayes, M.D., built a medical clinic here in 1939 that included a hospital in the basement. Acquired by Dr. J. K. Welch, M.D., in 1947, and by Donald R. Spencer, M.D., in 1978; medical practices ceased in 2012. — — Map (db m194124) HM
[Front (east) side]
To the Confederate
dead of Haywood County.
[South side]
To the faithful
Confederate women
of Haywood County,
1861-1865
[West side]
Belmont, Shiloh, Perryville,
Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, . . . — — Map (db m194094) WM
The first brick Haywood County Courthouse was erected in 1844. In 1868, the Tennessee Supreme Court met in the west wing which was added for that purpose. — — Map (db m194105) HM
Dedicated to the people
from Haywood County TN.
who made the supreme
sacrifice defending
our country. May they
always be remembered
and their sacrifice
not be in vain.
Sponsored by V.F.W. Post 4838
in remembrance of
Elmer . . . — — Map (db m194109) WM
Dedicated in memory of those from Haywood County who made the supreme sacrifice and in honor of all those men and women who served their country in war. Their serving has made this a better place to live. — — Map (db m194128) WM
Alsey High Bradford (1822-1906) Col., 31st Tenn. Inf., C.S.A.; promoted narrow gauge railroad; member of School Board and held other important city and county positions.
Hiram Bradford - Brevetted Lt. Col., C.S.A.; Adj.-Gen., Chief of Staff, . . . — — Map (db m194154) HM
Site of the HSB&O Railroad Yards. Here were a 16-car siding, water tank and tool house. The Depot was north, across West Main St., later a part of the Howard Bennett house. The
R. R. was chartered c. 1869. Haywood Co. subscribed $100,000 of the . . . — — Map (db m194163) HM
James Bond followed his uncle, Thomas Bond to
Haywood Co. from Bertie Co., North Carolina
with his family in 1836. He built one of the
greatest fortunes in Tennessee by the cultivation
of its soil (he owned 35,400 acres). Mr. Bond,
great . . . — — Map (db m200701) HM
Born in Brownsville; Vanderbilt School of Law 1890; practiced law in Brownsville, then St. Louis, MO; Circuit Attorney for St. Louis 1900; his anti-corruption successes led to election as Governor of Missouri 1905-1909; Solicitor General of U.S. . . . — — Map (db m194162) HM
Site of lot number 1 of the town of Brownsville which was purchased by Hiram Bradford in 1825, who established a hotel and business here. Later Emil Tamm & Sons, who were in business in Brownsville for 96 years, were at this location. — — Map (db m194089) HM
Site of the Opera House where for many years the famous and not so famous of their day performed. Notable among their number were John Phillip Sousa's band and W. C. Handy. The three-story building was destroyed by fire in December, 1931. — — Map (db m194088) HM
Here stood the Pythian Hotel, built circa 1893 by Brownsville Lodge 14 Knights of Pythias. Later renamed the Everett Hotel in the 1920s, the Colonial Hotel in the late 1940s, demolished in 1968. — — Map (db m194087) HM
Born in Brownsville, TN, Jan. 9, 1900, the son of Wesley and Nell Halliburton. Moved to Memphis at an early age. Came back to Brownsville many times to visit family and friends. Graduated from Princeton 1921. Set out on a world tour, the results his . . . — — Map (db m194158) HM
1.8 miles. This community was settled in 1826 by the Rev. Howell Taylor and his five sons. Haywood County's first schoolhouse was here; it also served as a church. The Taylor Kinfolks Camp Meeting was held here annually for over a century. — — Map (db m52978) HM
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Temple Adas Israel
Congregation established
1867 — — Map (db m194117) HM
Brownsville's courthouse square resembled a battleground as residents and businesses suffered from repeated raids during the war.
Confederate raiders arrested two cotton brokers and four other Brownsville residents on July 25, 1862. A Memphis . . . — — Map (db m199328) HM
Built in 1910 with $7500 donated by Scottish-born industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, this building served as the county library for 82 years. In 1957 it became the Brownsville-Haywood County Library, part of Tennessee's regional . . . — — Map (db m194129) HM
On this site stood the Wesleyan Female College, started circa 1869. This institution offered courses in ancient and modern languages, instrumental music, vocal lessons and ornamental branches, with collegiate, academic and primary departments. . . . — — Map (db m119112) HM
Victims of the 1878 yellow fever epidemic are buried in this cemetery. Of the 844 reported cases, it is known that there were more than 200 deaths. Elsewhere in this cemetery is a marker to Sergeant Mike McGrath, a member of the Howard Society and a . . . — — Map (db m194149) HM
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